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Groove4Hire , when you'll complete the job I'll be your man to get some mkV hammers

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I used the Avalon 737 preamp in the past  it's great for vocals or accoustic guitars
but I did not like it for the rhodes , after using some others studio preamp
like TL audio , Focusrite , I'm actually using a Presonus Eureka and I'm really
satisifed with it , it's working well with every electric pianos like wurli ,pianet ,clavinet , and the price is really fair , a second hand Presonus is less expensive than an Avalon U5 .

it's a pleasure for me to know that you enjoy it  guys

Rob A : yes this is a kind of cast iron frame , about the weight It's a bit heavier than a wurli 200

coachdobbs : I don't know how many were made because there are some labelled DENON and some labelled COLUMBIA , and it seems that GIBSON did a  model for the US called the MAESTRO piano .
btw it's very rare because it's the only one I've seen , and I'm involved in pianos
for many years now

3bergen :  yes I bought it in europe , in  Switzerland

hi guys
here's a page of a rare electronmechanical piano :
the DENON (or COLUMBIA) Elepian

http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/instruments/Pianos/DENON/page%20denon.html


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thanks for your advise guys
I've got some new informations about it , Fred and Real MC you're right and
as I thought it's a special order 4 octaves piano bass .
I've updated the page on the site .

hi guys
at last the restoration of the 49 notes is done , here's the page :
http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/instruments/Pianos/RHODES/49%20notes/page%2049%20notes.html

I'm always seeking  for more informations about this model , we already talked about it , the mystery is not solve . waiting for you rhodes fans .

I've also update the rhodes page :
http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/instruments/Pianos/RHODES/page%20rhodes.html

mike pm sent

thanks for your messages guys

MikeMalone : I'm collecting keyboards for more than 18 years now , I bought in USA , England , Germany , Belgium , Japan and France , you can get more details on the site , please read the others pages .

Loucas : you're right , I would like to get some help to do  a museum but the actual government is not really involved in culture ,
the really thing that could upgrades France will be to change the president  

Fred : happy to know that you also own and preserve old wurlis , any pics ?
@ 920 it's perfectly working but as you can see on the pics , no vibrato include

HI guys
please see my wurlitzer page including some updates about
a 120 piano and a 920 amplifier

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hi ajcogger
pm sent , please check it

could you precise which model exactly  ?
have a pic ?
thanks

will you come to France ?
I'll be pleased to meet you

congrats okwestern , great conrtibution

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this HH piano is not electromechanical but purely electronic  like the Roland mp700 ,the ARP piano or the Kustom 88
so it was not a commercial succes , btw  it's a very rare item but if I well remember sounding like a CP30 Yamaha , so not very attractive .

yes these models are quite rare , only available for the american market during the late 60's  ,see the history model page  :
http://www.fenderrhodes.com/models/student.php

there are very few in europe, perhaps 10 in France, I don't know about england.
I suppose that Bjammerz will be enthousiast to do a piano production survey list
about the differents students so that will be great if you guys from the forum will
participate to   the " quest"

hi all
just for fun
I've posted  a small video of the green student model on you tube

the pedal control the volume of both sections bass and treble at the same time

garagebandking41 , take a look on the page I did  about mine:
http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/instruments/Polyphonics%20&%20Samplers/contempo/page%20contempo.html

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bjammerz , no I have not determined  ,I'm calling it celeste for the moment , I'm expecting  that you'll help me to solve this mystery

this student is coming with all the original parts including teardrop hammers
I've just add a direct out from the harp , so I can choose between using it with the built in amp or plug it directly in an external amp .

HI all
here's a short video of my Student from 1968 , recorded directly form the harp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w9yqvP8uag

coming soon clip of my Celeste 49 keys


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Hi The Rod
I'm interesting to buy the keys , is it always available ?
please send a pm
thanks in advance

only 5 left ,  where did he find this information ?

anybody here know how many gold basses where really made ?

and as I know the model including a chrome rail did not appear before 1965 ; right ?

bjammerz , the samples are always there and loading , I try to load with safari on my mac and with firefox on a pc and it's ok

try again

try : http://www.rhodeselectrics.com/
I've bought some yamaha and rhodes parts from them without any problems .

sorry but my english is poor so I'm going to try to explain .sometimes my terms are not really apropriates.
"flat touch " I mean that when you look close to a key , the surface of the key is perfectly flat , this kind of keys appears with the RHODES models normally.
"round touch" the surface of a key is a bit round , I have always seen this kind of keys on FENDER RHODES models .

I hope that's clear now , please correct me if needed .

I think you're right peacefrog the logo has been surely changed if you look carefuly the keyboard is a "flat touch model" and if I well remember Fender Rhodes models came with "round touch model"  .

this piano bass has been modified see the pic of te harp , you'll see that many screws on tone bars have been changed for old ones featuring on the 60's rhodes models , these tone bars don't include gromments but washers felts , changing the sustain result  , by the way this piano need to be serviced , changing all the grommets is necessary then voicing it .

I've bought this one and it's actually under restauration ,
I'll post a page on my site with a lot of pics soon.
there's a mystery about this model , I hope that we'll get the answer thru the forum


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well I think  I've got one ,  I've recently bought a Celeste with 4 octave but it appears that the range is lower than a piano bass , I'll tell you more when I'll finish
the restauration , I'll post a complete page about it on my site soon .

Hi all
as I promiss , I've updated my hohner page .
you can see here a pianet T and a Duo :
http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/instruments/Pianos/HOHNER/page%20piano%20hohner.html

not so rare instruments I confess but interesting


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bjammerz
yes that's right it's that one ,there's a kind of mystery with this piano ,
I'll let you know all the details soon  it's currently under restoration ,

hi boys
thanks for your comments

Steve what can I do without your knowlegde thanks for the precisions , I'll update the page , about the 140B I found an ink stamp dated from june 1969 , I'll check more carefully to see if I can find another date on the keyboard .

Fred
i bought it as you see it now , this piano is near mint , it's a first hand owned by a lady who bought it in the sixties and never came out for a gig , I'm very lucky with it no service or adjustments to do just clean it up . a real bargain

Bjammerz
I found the Celeste in NYC , more infos to come soon I'm currently servicing it .

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Hello folks
I've updated my Wurli page , including now the 140B:

http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/instruments/Pianos/WURLITZER/page%20piano%20wurlitzer.html

coming soon pages for hohner pianet T and Duo and also a Rhodes Celeste

on my 1967 silver sparkle rhodes the date is on the first E low key ,
and it's the same thing for all my 60's models ( piano bass , student)

many thanks Fred for your precisions about the 112 I'll update my page about it .
congratulations for your beautiful 106 , I missed one in the past in Paris , in fact a French guy boutgh a lot of 6 and split them for sale , but at that time , no money in my pocket so .....
I'm always looking for one , if anybody know , please make offer .


Fred what's the little keyboard on the right ?  a kind of toy piano ?

yes I hope that will grow up again  :wink:

FYI there are others items not shown on my site , perhaps I'll post in the future

otherwise I've got a wishing list here :
http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/home/page%20wanted.html

Hi All
an update on my wurlitzer page , a 112 from 1955
http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/instruments/Pianos/WURLITZER/page%20piano%20wurlitzer.html

coming soon a 120

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incredible , amazing beauty , I'm searching for one for years now .
what about the number made , the seller talked about 3 ,
seems to be uncertain , anyone here got informations about ?

hello guys
after the magnificent gold pbass from Peacefrog35  here's mine .
it's from 1966 , I did not refurbished the gold top , just clean the baby and replace the dampers , coming with the square tonebars and raymac tines of course .

http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/instruments/Pianos/RHODES/page%20rhodes.html

scroll the page
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Fred , waiting for your guide , that will be useful .
otherwise have you got a site to show your fine collection ?
or perhaps you could post some pics here .

thanks Fred , very nice music , I like particulary  "Yes your chordliness" .

about changing the raymac tines for new ones , I confirm that after a good adjustment the sound is ok .

all the 60's models I've got don't have the stamp datation code .
look carefully to the keyboard sometime it's dated
about the felt grommets I confirm that there is only one felt for each tonebars in the hight notes ( last octave if I well remember)

thanks for your messages

Steve , no problem I'll shoot the details you need about the pedal ,
I don't know how to post pics on this forum ,  I can send the pics directly to you if you prefer .

Hi all
finally I've post some pics of my wurli 270 on my site .
see :
http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/instruments/Pianos/WURLITZER/page%20piano%20wurlitzer.html

scroll the page

I hope you'll enjoy it
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the 270 is very heavy for sure , when I bought it from the us it was mentionned 180 pounds on the ups package .  :!:  not sure if that's absolutely right

I estimate that the 300 is not less than 140 pouds


Steve you seems to have some beautiful pieces ,
have you got a web site to see the babies ?

about the weight I'm not sure but I think that's nearly equivalent to the 270 , when i need to move those 2 babies , I feel the same pain  with both :shock:

Hi James
of course I'll be happy to contribute to the site , you can use my samples no problem , just ask me for others things you need ,
I can provide photos or sound clips or vidéos with pleasure ,
if my collection could support the site , let me know .
you can contact me offline if you prefer .

hi all
I've just add a new page on my site regarding the restoration
of the suitcase sparkle , including the audio samples :

http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/instruments/Pianos/RHODES/resto%20sparkle%20/page%20resto%20sparkle.html

oops !
Steve O you're absolutely right ,
I'm wrong , after verification and taking more informations from a German guy , the 300 has been made in the early 80's , there's the same model
of ampliifer than the 206 , I was wrong because of bad  informations and regarding the date of the electronic componants , it seems that this piano has been serviced with old stock parts in the past .
So finally it seems that this model was the last one manufactured with the 270.
I've updated my web page about it .

About the 270 I'll post some pics in a next future .

Thanks Steve for your contribution